Lineup Changes For Jane’s Addiction & Paramore

Jane’s Addiction announces it is working with a new bassist, and Paramore reveals the names of its temporary guitarist and drummer.

In a statement released today, Jane’s Addiction announced it has added Dave Sitek to its creative team. Sitek, who has done production work with TV on the Radio, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and the Foals, will write and play bass on the new Jane’s Addiction album.

The announcement didn’t indicate whether or not Sitek would join the band on the road for future tours.

Sitek will be filling the shoes of bassist Duff McKagan, who quit Jane’s Addiction in September, five months after officially joining the band. McKagan, who was a former member of Guns N’ Roses and Velvet Revolver, was added to Jane’s Addiction’s lineup to replace original member Eric Avery.

Jane’s Addiction is working on a follow-up to its third studio album, 2003’s Strays. The new album is tentatively scheduled for a summer 2011 release on Capitol Records.

“Dave, [bassist Stephen Perkins] and I are fully immersed in the process of making modern music,” singer Perry Farrell said in a statement. “It has been a great experience thus far, and the results have so much potential.”

I've seen Devo three times live, so I have had the fortune to see Josh Freese play live. Paramore is a good live group (seen them twice), so I am sure Freese will be a positive substitute for that leg of the tour.